I lay in bed listening to the cadence <br />Of words in stories and poems <br />I think my grandfather <br />Must have had wanderlust <br />I remember him talking <br />About his wish to visit Cairo in Egypt <br />And he would take off bus trips <br />To various countries round Africa <br /> <br />Indonesia has given me <br />A home where I can be <br />Who I want to be <br />And do what I want to do <br />I love this country <br />And its people, its art <br />I hope I can make and dedicate <br />A contribution towards the future <br /> <br />I feel we together need <br />A storyteller of things <br />Rich and strange <br />To counterbalance the learned sociological, anthropological <br />That bypass sounds, smells, sights, and ambiance <br />That not writing for the converted <br />The book has been worth <br />All the joy and effort <br />Exhaustion in its creation <br />Above all they must be simple <br />Without being simplistic and have avoided <br />Foreign words as much as possible<br /><br />Ahmad Shiddiqi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-lay-in-bed-listening-to-the-cadence/
